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Game on: New York can and should host the Winter Olympics

Game on: New York can and should host the Winter Olympics

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Brooklyn Assemblyman Bobby Carroll has a dream: skiers, skaters, lugers, curlers, and others, the best in...

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Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: Best effort: One key to your child’s happiness

Spring is a season of renewal. The days grow longer, energy returns, and many families begin thinking about new activities, sports, and opportunities...

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Dr Randy Cale

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READER’S VIEW: A ‘Pause’ for the wrong cause! What happens to energy costs after the next election for Governor

READER’S VIEW: A ‘Pause’ for the wrong cause! What happens to energy costs after the next election for Governor

New Yorkers already pay some of the highest energy costs in the nation to heat their homes and fill up their gas tanks. And, unless state law is...

14.03.2026 5

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Sen Jim Tedisco

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Loving hardships of travel

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Loving hardships of travel

The captain’s soothing voice came over the public address system. He’d already broken through the calming lull of the free entertainment portion...

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Siobhan Connally

ASK THE ATTORNEY: My spouse gave me a sexually transmitted disease: Is it domestic violence? Does it impact my divorce agreement?

ASK THE ATTORNEY: My spouse gave me a sexually transmitted disease: Is it domestic violence? Does it impact my divorce agreement?

A recent ruling by a judge in New York state determined that giving your spouse a sexually transmitted disease (STD), also known as a sexually...

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RITTNER: Make up your mind Catherine, or Catharine?

RITTNER: Make up your mind Catherine, or Catharine?

Recently, while conducting research in the Schuyler Mansion neighborhood in Albany, I noticed an anomaly on one of the streets. The street known today...

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Don Rittner

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THOMAS: Using religion to win votes

Democrats have had trouble in recent years attracting conservative evangelical voters, who mostly vote for Republicans. In 2000, former Vice President...

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Cal Thomas

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Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: Leadership as a parent

I think it’s fair to say that many of us have had experiences working with others where leadership skills were lacking. Perhaps you’ve had a...

08.03.2026 5

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Dr Randy Cale

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Happy traveler

Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Happy traveler

I woke up as if by premonition. The room was dark and soundless except for the steady blinking clockface of an unset video player and the buzz-saw of...

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Siobhan Connally

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RITTNER: Remembering local figures and the history of Troy

RITTNER: Remembering local figures and the history of Troy

Let’s face it. Some famous people should not be, and there are those who, while unknown now, should be. Troy is one of America’s enduring...

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Don Rittner

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THOMAS: Trump fulfills his promise

If you wanted to look at it this way, President Trump is keeping his promise to end wars by taking out an Iranian regime that has made war on us and...

05.03.2026 7

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Cal Thomas

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READER’S VIEW: When ‘starter homes’ become a fantasy

There was a time in New York when the phrase “starter home” meant exactly that, a modest house, a manageable mortgage and the first step toward...

01.03.2026 9

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Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Remembering ‘Jeff’

If you are an amateur runner like me you’ve probably heard of John Franks Galloway, who died this week at the age of 80 following complications from...

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Siobhan Connally

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RITTNER: A face to remember

Averill Park has always been famous as the place where comedian Jerry Lewis lived and worked as a soda jerk as a kid. But the little community is also...

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Don Rittner

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THOMAS: Trump: Insulter in chief

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Cal Thomas

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Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: Exhausted brains, anxious kids: The sleep crisis parents can still fix

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Dr Randy Cale

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RITTNER: Gingerbread memories

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Don Rittner

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THOMAS: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

President Trump called Rev. Jesse Jackson “a force of nature” and so he was. Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, was the last great orator of the...

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Cal Thomas

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Dr. Randy Cale’s Terrific Parenting: Why you’re still stuck: The paradox of effort in healing

Let’s be honest — kindly honest, not beat-yourself-up honest. If you’ve struggled for years, you’ve probably tried just about everything. The...

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Dr Randy Cale

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